Woman Stands 51 Hours To Win Car

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Woman Stands 51 Hours To Win Car
Ky. Woman Outlasts 19 Others

Posted: Thursday, September 3, 2009
Updated: 3:24 pm CDT September 3, 2009

Cininnati -- A woman who spent more than 51 hours attached to a car on Fountain Square has won the Cincinnati Bell/WEBN Boom Buggy Contest.

Kim Murphy of Newport, Ky., outlasted 19 other people in her quest to win a one-year lease for a 2010 Kia Sol, WLWT-TV reported. She and the other contestants had to keep their hands on the car for the duration of the contest. Those who took their hands off the car were eliminated.

Murphy was one of only two people left Thursday morning, when the other contestant made a hand gesture during a conversation and picked his hand up off the car.

Murphy won with a time of 51 hours and 48 minutes. She also wins a new Nokia 500 smart phone and a front row seat to Riverfest 2009.

So what makes someone stand with their hand on a car for 51 hours? Murphy said her last car recently caught fire and she needed a new one.

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[catlover79]

Good for her - hope her legs and feet will be OK.

[comedyfreak]

I thought contests like that were only on TV. LOL.

[MickeyMac]

That woman has determination.

[catlover79]

I thought contests like that were only on TV. LOL.
Me, too. :lol:

[gidgetgrape]

That woman has determination.

and a good pair of shoes! :lol:

[waichingliu81]

:crazy: just bonkers!

[phoebe7165]

I think I'd rather stand for that long rather than do something like having to ride a rollercoaster continuously to win a car, like I've seen some crazy people do!!

[robyrob]

a one-year lease

somehow that just doesn't seem fair...,

[browneyes106]

Those contests do remind me of tv shows. I'm glad the woman has a new car.

[Lee]

I think I'd rather stand for that long rather than do something like having to ride a rollercoaster continuously to win a car, like I've seen some crazy people do!!

I would be amazed if someone didn't die of internal bleeding after repeated
rides on a rollercoaster.

[Lee]

I think I'd rather stand for that long rather than do something like having to ride a rollercoaster continuously to win a car, like I've seen some crazy people do!!

Or how about "Hold Your Wee For A Wii" back in January 2007? Anyone on
here remember that?

[catlover79]

Or how about "Hold Your Wee For A Wii" back in January 2007? Anyone on
here remember that?
I sure do. It makes my stomach hurt just to think about it!! :eek:

[catlover79]

I would be amazed if someone didn't die of internal bleeding after repeated
rides on a rollercoaster.
I just saw on our local news that a guy jumped out of a plane 100 times all in one day!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

[Lee]

I bet this woman couldn't stand or walk for about 48 hours after this

[cyberalias81]

Yes, I remember the "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest. I heard the audio where people called in warning of the dangers and the DJs dismissed them because they didn't know.

The technical term is water intoxication. It's cause by osmosis. Osmosis is the movement of water through a semi-permeable membrane. Think of it as water through a strainer. Pasta is salt and water is water. The concentration of solute (the salt) wants to be in balance on both side of the membrane, in this case your cells.

When you drink seawater the body's cells are not as salty so osmosis pulls water from your cells and they shrink and become damaged, like pouring salt on a slug. The salt stays put inside your cells as it can't flow through like the water.

The opposite thing happens when you drink too much water, you cells swell and can burst. One of the symptoms is to appear like you were drunk on alcohol. It's almost impossible to overdose on water unless you were forced or compelled to do it.

Not that you asked or anything, but I rarely get to show off my nerd power.

[Schmoopie]

That's ridiculous! All that for just a one year lease on a car? She must have been desparate!

[phoebe7165]

I bet this woman couldn't stand or walk for about 48 hours after this

I went to a concert recently where I stood in one spot for 6 hours. My legs & feet felt like rubber walking back to my car!:crazy: